The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

2. The death knight makes a contract with the saint.

2.

“Patriarch! Patriarch!”

Incongruously loud footsteps covered the hallway of the tidy hall. Along with the sound of footsteps, a shrill voice echoes. The wide halls and corridors were naturally filled with voices and footsteps. The floor of the hallway, which was trampled on, was marble of considerable quality.

Even if the night comes, under the chandelier that anyone would believe if the claim that it contained the light of the day is mentioned, the footsteps and the owner of the voice stomped and ran through the hallway decorated with all sorts of fancy patterns. Went

With no words despite repeated shouts, the man, who held his breath for a while, finally shouted.

“Lepina! Where is Lefina!”

Then immediately one side of the wall opened in a rectangular shape as if splitting. He had to look at the wall and shake his body. Not because the wall was open, but because a rhetoric was written there in intaglio. And the fragmented part was exactly the center of the rhetoric. A voice leaked through the crack.

“Come in.”

Inside there was only a torch and a bed, nothing else. He stomped his feet again and moved closer to the bed.

“Stop.”

He stopped his steps right in front of the bed. A figure protruded from the bed, procrastinating. What jumped out was a woman. She is a woman with long green curls hair tousled and her eyes half-closed.

Her woman nodded her head and looked at the man standing in front of her own. And squinted her eyes. A torch in her room ricocheted off the platinum armor the man was wearing and stabbed her in the eye. She murmured in a voice full of her weariness.

“Avent, your voice is too loud. You’ve just fallen asleep, but you’re useless.”

“I’m sorry, Lefina. No, sorry. Patriarch. But there was something I had to report.”

“If you can say anything about splitting the gospel in half, let’s go. Not only the archbishops, but the bishops gave permission. He said that if there is something to repair later, I will re-engrave it myself.”

“That, of course, is something we will talk about.”

“Then can’t we talk about that later? I couldn’t sleep for four nights discussing her plan to capture the saintess. Can’t you let it sleep for an hour or so?”

“This is the story of the saintess.”

Repina jumped up from her half-lying body. Then she opened her eyes and looked at her ah event. She looked like someone who had been engulfed in fatigue just before.

“Did you catch the saintess?”

“That… ….”

Ah, the event brought her mouth close to Repina’s ear.

“…… Annihilation?!”

“Patriarch, your voice is too loud!”

She felt her exhaustion and the embarrassing news together grabbing her hand and knocking her on the head. Her head was about to explode because she hadn’t slept well. Biting her teeth, Lefina spoke to Aevent again.

“Then what happened to them? The ‘shadows’.”

There’s no way they could have suffered. I didn’t expect that the pursuit party was annihilated, but it was because I sent ‘shadows’ on purpose to make sure. Even if there was one chance that the pursuit team failed, there was not one thing that the ‘shadow’ failed. And Repina felt very strongly the need to completely revise her own perception in response to the news she heard.

“…… Die?”

Lefina looked at her ah event with her mouth open. Her ah event didn’t make eye contact with her.

“Are you asking me to believe that?”

“…… This has been reconfirmed time and time again.”

“You mean Tessien and Philed, the leaders of ‘Shadow’, are dead?”

She collapsed on the bed. Die? Die? Is this possible? She wanted to believe that she had heard a very bad joke. It was hard for her to believe that those who were counted among the top five on the continent had otherwise died by force. She was vicious in terms of her temper, but her skills were unmistakable.

Even if it expands not just to the continent, but to the world, if you ask them to rank their armed forces, no matter how bad they are, they will be in the top 100. If you do well, you can even enter the top 50.

But those people died? Are you saying that two of the most powerful forces possessed by the General Church have now disappeared? Lefina only smiled dejectedly at the enormous power loss. At least, it was fortunate that she had secured her holy daughter. As long as she only catches the saint, her power loss isn’t that big of a problem.

“…… All right, she doesn’t know what the saintess did, but she’s done great things. Let her go and bring her to her.”

“That’s… ….”

“What are you procrastinating on? Shouldn’t it be solved by meeting her holy woman who is the cause of all this? As long as the plan is carried out, this is still recoverable enough. Don’t you know very well that everything is more than solved? If you understand, bring her quickly.”

She screamed.

Failure, failure, failure, failure. It took half a year. From the day Celia escaped to her saintess, until she secured the position of her saintess again. I don’t know how she got out of here, but she did her best to erase any trace of herself.

I knew it was clever, but I never thought it would outrun even the Pursuit Corps of the General Church. She was too careless because she was a saint who grew up with good manners. She had never been out of the capital before, so I knew she would be caught soon.

Moreover, the most important thing was to preserve her body as intact as possible, so it was difficult to approach her carelessly.

Her

Because of her, after barely succeeding in driving her to , Only the elite of her pursuers were carefully selected and hundreds of her were selected. They were capable enough to compete with one of the five Knights of the Central Continent. Just in case, really, worried about something going wrong, even sent the leaders of the ‘shadow’, but it failed. Lefina collapsed on the bed and screamed helplessly.

“Find her saintess… Right Now – !”

Ah Event bowed her head and quietly slipped out of the closed room. After he left, the walls moved smoothly and covered the room with darkness. Her face shimmered in the dim torch light. Her face, illuminated by her flames, was greatly distorted. Lefina vomited unanswered questions to herself.

“Then, where the hell is the saintess right now – !”

–

Cilia bathed in the sunlight all over her body and moved her feet gently. The cold dirt felt so good between her toes. The wet soil rises up on the water. The water was so clear that you could see every single particle of soil floating around. She lifted the hem of her dress slightly and kicked her foot into the water. As the water splashed lightly, the woman in front of her made a bolmen sound.

“Really! Ecilia!”

But contrary to her tone of voice, her mouth and eyes were full of laughter. The woman wiped the water from her face with her hand, and with her stolen hand she grabbed the water flowing under her feet and sprinkled it on her Eccilia.

“Ah-! Ferenia sister-!”

“You!”

-Chack!

“Now! As a noble saint!”

-Chack!

“How are you still so childish!”

Thanks to her sister, her dress got wet. Ecilia poured water on her sister with all her might, holding water in her hand as if not to give up. The cackles of the two women drift towards each other. Water drips from her hair, and the bright dress soaks up the water and turns into a dark color. The two women giggled as they saw each other completely soaked in water. A ray of sunlight penetrated between them.

With warm sunlight in their arms, Esilia and Perenia competed to see who could have a smile as bright as the sunlight.

“Sister Esilia! Sister Perenia!”

From the hill in front of you, the lively voice melts into your ears. Following the voice, the footsteps fluttered, and the owner of the footsteps toddled, holding a basket and revealing himself.

Looking at the girl dressed to the fullest in the freshness of the green hills, the two women jumped out of the stream. Celia, who was the first to run out, spread her arms toward her running girl and took her into her arms. Her girl puffed her cheeks away as Esilia rubbed her cheeks.

“Oh my gosh! Sister Ecilia! Your clothes are all wet!”

The face of the child who said that was full of laughter like Perenia. Red flowers bloomed on her child’s clothes because of the water on her Esilia’s dress. At this point, unlike her just now, the child clung to her as if she were being hugged.

“Sister, let’s eat rice! Ferenia’s sister too! The teacher gave it to my sister and me to eat!”

“Mr. Beluk? Is that so?”

“Shane! She said that Ms. Belle Luke gave it to her, and she secretly took what was in her kitchen, didn’t she?”

“No! Shane won’t do that kid thing anymore!”

At Shane’s words, Ecilia and Perenia burst into laughter. It’s childish, I’m only six years old even now saying that. Take a seat under the shade of a tree and sit with your buttocks among the green grass. He took out the bread from the basket and carefully unwrapped the wrapping paper. A savory smell wafted everywhere.

“Then let’s pray.”

At Esilia’s words, Perenia and Shane closed their eyes. The fact that they were able to spend peaceful days like this, and the fact that Esilia became a saint. Thanks to that, considerable support has been poured into our orphanage. It’s all thanks to Goddess Renaire. Of course, Ecilia, who had just become a saint, was reciting the prayer.

“All living things are born pure when they are born… ….”

So she molded herself with innocence and presented herself with innocence

We live in purity.

Why all living things leave nothing at the end

Because all living things are pure.

After briefly reciting the most representative prayer of Goddess René Le, Esilia first bit off her bread. She molds herself in innocence, and gives herself out in innocence. This bread also contains the purity of wheat. The scent of flowers is mixed with the wind that tickles your cheeks.

Leaving themselves in the languid spring breeze, the three of them tapped on their boats. Maybe it’s because the sunlight keeps tickling my body, so I’m drowsy.

“Sisters! Let’s lie down on a rock over there!”

At Shane’s words, the two women nodded. The large rock placed by the stream was wide enough for three people to climb up and lie on. I lay down on a rock and looked up at the sky. Blue skies and warm sun. Where could there be a more pure sight than this?

“Your sister really seems to have been born to become a saint of innocence!”

At Shane’s words, she suddenly looked at herself and asked Esilia, looking at Shane.

“Huh? Why?”

“Look at the sky! It’s clear without a spot That sunbeam is also a spotlessly bright light. Like her sister’s pupils.”

One eye is blue and the other is red. From birth, the two different pupils were the object of fear for some, and the object of curiosity and envy for others. Maybe that’s why, I felt more grateful for Shane’s words. Ecilia stroked her child’s cheek in her gratitude and turned her head to look at the sky and the sun.

The sky dying dark blue as if submerged in the deep sea, and the dying sun burning with a bizarre bloody color.

“Heo Eok! Heo-eok… ! Haha… !”

Escelia caught her breath and shuddered at the sight of her dark blue armor in front of her own and the bloody eyes shining between the helm. A cold sweat ran down her back.

“Are you awake?”

She heard a voice that seemed to be creeping up from hell and she had to shake her body again. Yeah, it wasn’t a dream. She herself awakened Zerpie Edrim Sed Baigal. The Death Knight that brought the world to the brink of destruction many times over.

And it was a dream. Older sister Ferrenia, who ran a bakery on the outskirts of the capital and sang about her future with a man of the same age, Shane, whose dimples were pretty when she smiled, and Teacher Belle Luke, who always had only worries in her severe nagging. The days when I treated the injured.

That happy daily life is now just a daydream from which there is no going back. At that fact, a tear streamed down from the side of her red eyes.

–

Seeing the saintess shedding tears, Zer Pied had the idea that her saintess always shed tears in the morning. The saints he had met so far were shedding tears every time they met.

Even when he opposes the paladins consecrated by the seven top gods with the archdemon, when he restrains the dragon and her hetzlings with hymns, even when he blocks the witch from splitting her mountain range with divine power, they Everyone was crying.

He didn’t want to disturb her saintess by her rudeness, and it was against her chivalry, so he silently waited for her to stop crying. I’m used to waiting. Always asleep, waiting for the liberator to wake him up. Hadn’t he been waiting for the saintess to wake up just a moment ago?

When he announced his intention to sign a contract, he didn’t say anything, but it was the first time he’d seen a liberator who collapsed in a daze. Well, he thought that it could be because she was a saint. He himself was quite embarrassed when the saintess asked to sign a contract.

It was not a formal contract, but a temporary contract that only expressed intention, but it was difficult to leave it in the middle of the mountain, so moving it to the back of a nearby cave seemed fortunately an appropriate measure.

“I… ….”

Esilia cautiously spoke to Zerpied. I remembered last night until he granted her his own request. But she didn’t know what to say. It was the first time seeing Death Knight, and the first time talking to him. Even the opponent is that Zerfied.

Jer Pied, who watched her for a moment as she continued to hesitate, threw her words at her chin. He stopped crying, and he couldn’t go ahead with the deal without talking.

“Come to think of it, I didn’t even make a statement. I am Zerpied Rim Sedbaigal. What is your name?”

“Eh, this is Esilia…… I don’t have a last name… Go Ara….”

Is it because it is still a knight? Eccilia’s eyes widened at the extremely polite tone for someone who tried to destroy her world. It was already big eyes, but the fact that they grew bigger was just a wonder to Zerfied.

“Esilia, you have informed me of your intention to make a contract. Right?”

“Yes… ….”

It was a bit sudden, but her body naturally tensed as she proceeded with the content she had been preparing for. There was no turning back now. After all, there is no other way than to sign a contract with him.

“It was about wanting me to be your escort knight.”

“Right.”

Once she made up her mind, her voice gained strength.

“I have decided to accept your request. But, there is something I need to check before that.”

The saintess held her breath at the sudden seriousness of his voice. Her voice was so serious that it was hard to believe that she had just been calm. His attitude was the same as before, as he leaned against the cave wall and stared at her, but somehow the saintess felt that he was glaring at her now.

Unknowingly, the saintess bowed her head, and she raised her eyes gently to see the Death Knight.

“…… Check?”

“She proves to me that you are a saint.”

The saintess felt perplexed. And it was similar to the feeling that she was proving herself to be fire by seeing her fire jump into the water and burn itself. Before she could say what the saintess was, her low voice crashed through the cracks of her Death Knight’s helmet.

“You are probably already familiar with it, but as you can see, I am a Death Knight. Undead. Although it is said that conflicts inevitably occur when interacting with others, I think it is difficult to be confident that I, as an undead, have made pleasant memories with the priests. More than anything – “

Death Knight raised his leaning body. It was like that in reality, but the Death Knight seemed too huge to the saintess who was half-lying.

“I have never heard of a saintess seeking an escort knight. The Death Knight escort knight is even more so.”

Now the Death Knight had his hand on her waist. The position was such that if you stretched out your hand a little behind your back, you could grab the spear attached to your back.

The saintess thought that the Death Knight was truly like a knight. Ecilia blushed like a dying sunset. It wasn’t just because of the polite blackmail spoken by Zer Pied, such as her reasonable suspicion that her saintess herself was her trap.

The saintess turned behind her and slowly began to undress her.

Zer Pied immediately reached for her spear. It was only after seeing Esilia’s hand shaking that she felt awkward and the movement so slow that she felt awkward that she realized that she had no intention of attacking.

And after careful consideration, when he was certain that this was not a trap for the clergy to catch him, Esilia’s pure white back was already in the Death Knight’s field of vision without being covered by anything.

Seeing the skin of an extraterrestrial woman without a single piece of cloth, an unimaginable mental attack, Zer Pied had to tell her feelings about the marks on her skin rather than her back itself.

“… It is the mark of Renaire, the goddess of innocence.”

As soon as the Death Knight finished her words, Celia hurriedly covered her body with her clothes again. Her face was even redder than before she undressed. With a few rough breaths, the saintess let out her words.

“… Are you lacking? If I had any other evidence….”

“Enough. Except for the saintess, no one could have such a bright mark. It took a lot of work to meet the unreasonable demands.”

Zer Pied, who calmly expressed her disapproval, began to slowly approach Esilia. The Death Knight knelt down in front of her saintess.

“Then, let’s start the contract.”

At the simple but firm words, Ecilia faced Zerpied. The time has come.

“First of all, all the flesh and blood that is created as a result of fulfilling the contract belongs to me. This is an indispensable condition. As long as blood and flesh do not exist, I cannot proceed with the contract.”

The most fundamental law. This is why he participated in many contracts with the purpose of violence and slaughter. Because there is always blood and flesh on the battlefield. It was for this reason that he accepted the request for an escort knight. It was clear that there would be blood and flesh in the threats approaching the saintess.

Cilia nodded her head. She has nowhere to run anymore. She had nothing left but to go through with the contract.

“After all the contents of the contract are fulfilled, I will take a part of your life from you. Or even if a situation arises that does not require the performance of the contract midway. And after the contract ends, when you die. I will take all your lives.

If you violate the terms of the contract’s purpose, I will disregard this condition and immediately take your entire life. Do you understand? This is your last chance to turn over. Once you proceed, it is impossible to go back.”

She nodded her head again.

“I don’t give up. I hope you will be my escort knight.”

“Then I will proceed with the contract. First, offer me your blood. The blood will be used as proof of the contract.”

Blood? Celia, who had seen many of the scars of others but never of her own, was dizzy. Does that mean I have to hurt my body? The Death Knight thought as he looked at the saintess who only blinked her eyes.

‘Can’t she bleed herself? The former contractors do a good job.’

“Haven’t you ever bled?”

“Uh… yes… I’ve tried many treatments….”

“Give me your hand.”

The Death Knight grabbed her saint’s hand with her own. She puts her small, clean, callus-free hand on his large palm. Fortunately, whether it was now or before, the method of operating divine power did not seem to have changed. No matter how much divine power is superlative to him, there is no problem as long as it does not directly touch what is manifested.

“It will sting.”

It stings? Only then did Esilia see the Death Knight’s hand. Unlike normal gauntlets, the fingers were as sharp as daggers. It didn’t seem that harsh. Before she could say anything, she lightly pressed Escelia’s palm with her pied thumb.

“Huh!”

She shed tears at the pain she felt at the moment. Her soreness ran red through her palms. He wondered if she would wait until she stopped crying, but there wasn’t much room in her contract. Zerpied asked Esilia for the next step.

“Take the palm of your hand to me.”

Ecilia nodded her head even as her tears welled up. She placed it on his large forearm, and her blood pulsated like a creature, seeping into his armor. To be precise, the geometric circuits of unknown meaning engraved on his armor. Her blood, which had spread throughout her body along her circuits, now converged to one place in reverse.

The blood gathered in the middle of the Death Knight’s breastplate wriggled like a heart.

“The contract will be executed under my leadership. You only need to express your consent.”

“Yes… ….”

I was prepared, but when I looked at it properly, fear preceded me. She quietly closed her eyes. Now she is to sign a contract with the Death Knight. When she suddenly realized that, it seemed like she would burst into laughter. Since she is a saint who contracts with the Death Knight, is there such a paradox? A representative of the clergy with all clerics and enemies. Anyway, this situation itself is absurd.

Thinking that way, there is nothing to be ashamed of anymore. She strained her eyes open and looked up at Zer Peed. His voice at the same time rings in my ears.

“ Under the name written in this blood, under the doctor who dwells in this blood, and before those who are stained with this blood.

I, Jerpied Rim Sedvaigal, express my feelings,

To become the escort knight of Saint Ecilia, and to ensure her safety first,

I swear by the frozen heart, the bloody flag, and the death knight’s law.

If this oath is broken,

Frozen hearts are broken, bloody banners are torn, Death Knight’s laws are scattered,

I, Zerpied Lim Sedbaigal, announce that I will no longer remain as Zerpied Lim Sedbaigal.

Saint Esilia. Ask you

Would you give me your life in return? “

The fluctuating blood gradually calms down. Ecilia was motionless, as if something had caught on to her. It was clear that her contract bound him as well as herself. She either accepted her contract with her, or she didn’t. All she could do was one thing.

“Yes.”

Blood was sucked into Zerpied’s armor in an instant. Everything became quiet as if nothing had happened. Like death. Death Knight’s voice announced the end.

“ The contract has been established. ”